Hamyang-gun Reports 22 New COVID-19 Cases

Disease Control Agency and Gyeongsangnam-do Epidemiologists Urgently Deployed for Full-Scale Response to Prevent Spread

Hamyang County Office building exterior view

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 17th that 22 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed.

This follows 12 confirmed cases on the 15th and 9 on the 16th, totaling 43 cases over three days, causing authorities to be on high alert.

Notably, most of these confirmed cases are elderly individuals who had completed their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Hamyang-gun estimates that the infections, which began on the 15th among elderly users of senior centers in Seoha and Seosang-myeon, have spread throughout the entire county through contact with confirmed cases and their contacts.

Accordingly, Hamyang-gun has temporarily closed 147 senior centers in the area until the COVID-19 situation stabilizes.

Additionally, three more mobile screening clinics have been set up in Seosang, Seoha, and Anui-myeon. Along with the screening clinics, proactive testing is being conducted at four locations including health centers, as part of a full-scale effort to prevent further spread.

Furthermore, the county has decided to temporarily suspend senior employment projects to block infection routes among the elderly and is considering postponing or refraining from various events and festivals such as village hall completion ceremonies.

The county is also conducting thorough disinfection of vulnerable facilities such as senior centers by deploying six personnel in three teams. As a result, the total number of confirmed cases in the county has reached 130.

Seo Chun-su, the mayor of Hamyang-gun, stated, “A large number of confirmed cases have occurred just fifteen days after starting the phased recovery of daily life, and we are mobilizing all administrative resources to prevent further spread. As indoor activities increase during the winter, please strictly follow basic quarantine rules such as regular ventilation, wearing masks indoors and outdoors, and prompt diagnostic testing.”

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